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$maII Industries

There used to be starch factories on this Island. They were either destroyed by fire and not replaced, or abandoned for one reason or an- other. But, surely, if a starch factory can profitably be run anywhere in Canada, this Province should be able to maintain one or two. It is, there-

fore, pleasing tohear from the Hon. ‘

Mr. Cullen that two starch factories are being considered “with a view to taking care of the surplus potato crop which from time to time occurs on the Island.”

Taking care of surplus potatoes is, of course, the main function of a starch factory; and there is hard- 1y :1 year when there are not more potatoes than can be marketed at a profit. Not unimportant, however, is the employment that the business would provide. It may‘ not employ many workers; but it would add, howei/er slightly, to employment opportunities and, therefore, contri- bute something to our economic progress.

‘ Important, too, is the fact that it might be the forerunner of other small industries. This Province. has fewer small industries, per capita, than any other area of Canada.

Anything that the Provincial.

Government can do to encourage industrial expansion on a small scale -,_—,-there probably will never be any very large industry here—is well worthwhile.

Extra Ferry Needed For some time now this paper has been stressing the need of /an extra ferry on the Borden-Tormen-

tine run to augment the present ser- ,

vice which, as everyone knows, is most unsatisfactory, especially dur- ing the summer months. We are glad to ’ note that at least one of our Federal members, Dr. 0. H. Phillips, shares our concern on this subject. In his speech in the budget de- bate, Dr; Phillips suggested that the Government might be throwing a “smoke screen” over the Province’s present transportation needs by authorizing a lengthy survey to

determine the feasibility of a cause-

way. We hope that Dr. Phillips’ sus- picion. will prove to be ill founded. At the same time we are aware that he is not the only Islander to whom that thought has occurred. In any event, as he has well pointed out, it will beat least ten years before a causeway is completed, assuming that the results of the survey are favourable to its construction. In- deed, we are of the opinion that the Prince County member’s estimate is a little on the conservative side. But, however long it takes, we can- not reasonably be expected to forgo immediate improvements in the ferry service. We are not asking for‘ any- thing to which we are not entitled. It would be a help if other members from the Province were to follow Dr. speaking.

ISIIII Busy At Gretna

The General Assembly of the Church of Scotland decided at its ‘sessions in Edinburgh this year to continue to urge upon the civil powers the need for amending the marriage laws of the country to deal with what is regarded as the serious problem of runaway couples who cross the border to wed. The matter has been exercising The Kirk for a considerable time, but so far all ef- forts to make the changes asked for have been without result.

The problem concerns the fact that, in England, young people who are still minors require the permis- sion of parents before they may marry. In Scotland, no such consent is needed. The result is that many couples from south of the Tweed go to Gretna or some other convenient Scots community to take an import- ant step in their lives without the formal permission of their legal guardians, as called for by the law of England.

Some of these parents have gone to court in their home districts and secured orders restraining sons or daughters from marrying until they come of age. But these writs do not run in Scotland. Prospective brides

ghas not been challenged

Phillips’ example of plain’

or grooms who are non-residents there must sit out a waiting period of three weeks’ residence. They can do so secure in the knowledge they are out of reach of the jurisdiction under which they live when at home, though it would appear this position in the Scottish courts as yet.

I The Secretary of State for Scot- land, setting out the official view- point, holds that what is being re- quested by the Assembly would mean a_ fundamental change in the law respecting minors. This step, it would seem, Parliament would hesi- tate to take. It is maintained also that, if it were taken, ministers and registrars would have to know the marriage laws of all countries.

On the other hand, the Assembly is concerned chiefly with the matter of parental control. It is suggested in, that connection there should be no great difficulty in dealing with this phase of the problem through legislation. There the matter stands‘.

Couples continue to move across the

border to escape from the restrict- ions imposed by English laws on marriage into the greater freedom in that line which obtains in Scot- land.

“Goose And Gander"

Under the above heading the Tor-

onto Globe and Mail notes that when 5

a private citizen goes on old age pen- sion, $f_i60 a year, he can draw it only if he rem ins in Canada, regardless of health,“ amily or other circumstan- ces. But when a member of Parlia- ment goes on pension under the Mem- bers Retiring Allowances Act, $3,000 a year, he can live wherever he pleas- es ;» his pension goes on for life. “Why the discrimination?” asks our Toronto contemporary with good reason. “If it is important to the country’s economy to keep the pri- vate citizen’s pension money at home,

’ it is also important to keep the MP’s

money at home. True, the MP’s pen- sion is partly contributory; and, strictly speaking, under the present haphazard system, theprivate citiz- en's is not. But the taxpayers shore up both of them. ‘So what is sauce for the goose should be sauce for the ga.ndei'—-or vice versa.”

EDITORIAL NOTES

It is reported that the Province’s potato industry‘ will accept the offer of the Federal” Department of Agri- culture of 45 cents per 75 poundbag as a price support for potatoes. There seems to be nothing else the industry" can do. The price, however, is too low, far below the cost of production.

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Congratulations to our sister Pro- vince of New Brunswick where a sur- plus of revenue account of more than $48,000. has been reported for the fiscal year ended March 31, 1958. De- spite increased expenditures, thenet

. debt was reduced by $28,00.0—anoth-

er Worthwhile achievement. 4- 1- G

The West Indies is Canada’s third largest trading area. It is fitting, therefore, that a Canadian trade should go there to discuss ways and means of keeping the relationship in good standing. The United States, of course, is Canada’s best customer. In second place—in respect of main- land Canada-—is Newfoundland.

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“On entering the building there is that something that makes one feel proud to be able to say, ‘I am a Can- adian’,” writes Earle Werstine, staff writer on the Galt Reporter, in de- scribing a recent visit to the Con- federation Chamber in Charlottetown. Mr. Werstine devotes a column in his paper to his impressions of the Chamber and other features of our Provincial Building.

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Canada’s lightouse keepers, surviv- ors of one of man’s ancient callings, gradually are being displaced by 20th century automatic equipment, says a Canadian Press story from Ottawa.

New machinery for switching on a3

lighthouse’s warning light beam now is so reliable that lighthouse keepers are becoming unnecesary. In a few years the only ones left will be those in places beyond the reach of electric power and a few operating combined lighthouse and fcghorn stations. .,=’ 4 4 i

At,St_. John’s_. Newfoundland, a few days ago the firm of Job Bro- thers and Co.,Ltd. marked its 100- year old relationship with the Royal Insurance Co. of Liverpool, Eng. A suitable presentation was made to the company by officials from head- quarters, The Job firm, however, is much older than that, having been established in St. John’s, in the lat- ter part of the 18th century——incid- entally, by the great-great grand- father of Mr. P.R. England who, un- til recently, was chairman of the Royal Insurance. Co.

“ ‘SITUATION Ml LEBANON

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UNITED KINGDOM

Cyprus Is Again In The ‘Spotlight

By M. McINTYRE noon ‘ Special London (Eng.) Correspondent

for The Guardian.

LONDON——There is a strong feeling here that the extensive building up of British forces in Cyprus is not entirely due to the unrest and "violence, in which Greeks and Turks are involved, on that island. The additional forces being flown out to Cyprus are far in excess of what might be required to maintain peace -and order there. There is little doubt in the public mind that these flights of troops bear a direct connecton to the critical situation in Lebanon, a-nd that the British Government: is plaic- lmg itseltt‘ in a position to inter- vene there should the necessity arise, either under -auspices (if the United Nations, or in ‘colla- boration with the.~UnIiIbed ‘St-ates.

Cyprus already had a large British garrison,’ with 12 regi- ments of regular lnIfa»ntry as the hard core of its forces there. In the last week, a brigade of three regiments of parachute troops, and apregirnent of field artillery have been flown to Cyprus. Now it is announced that the crack Brigade of Guards, made up of the 1st Battalion Royal Scots Fu-

‘ -siliers, 1st Battalion Irish Guards

the 2nd Battalion Grenadier Guards, and the brigade head- quartcns and signals, are’ under orders to be flown to Cyprus. ,

In view of .the\ fact that the Cyprus situation now appears to be well under control, one reach- es the inescapable conclusion that the massive forces being sent to the island are going there as a strategic reserve in case the Lebanese situation calls for intervention, either to protect British residents there, or to help preserve the autonomy and inde- pendence. of Lebanon. U.S. INTERFERENCE

The postponement of Prime Minister Maqmillans announce- ment of the new Cyprus propo- sals at the request of the NATO

OPINION ,

council, has been received with mixed opinions. There are many who look on it as another con- cession to John Foster Dulles of the United States, and they do not like it. They recall how the United States left Britain holding the bag in the Suez crisis, and -they want none of , his inter- ference in the Cyprus situation. lit is accepted that Mr. Mac-mIil_- lan did the only possible thing in postponing his Cyprus an- nouncement when the request came from the secretary-general of NATO. But the hidden hand of ‘Mir. Dulles is seen behind the NATO council request, and ,Brit- ish public opinion is not kindly disposed towards talking any di- rection. or even guidance from Mr. Dulles.

COMMON MARKET DEAD

Since General de Gaulle took over the reins of government in France, there has been a grow- ing feeling here that the Euro- pean Common N1-anket, or free trade idea, is as dead as the dodo. This is because, it is real- ized that with so many great and daunting obstacles ahead of him, Premier de Gaulle is not inclin- ed‘ to tinker with trade experi- ments. He has already indicated that he wishes to put ocllf the first tariff reductions of 10 per cent by all Common Market countries on January 1 next. He wants time to improve the economy )f France before moving the, direc- tion of lower tariffs. He is much more likely to seek restrictions in tavrirff concessions to other countries than to lower the tar- iff barriers. That closes the door on the European free trade mar- ket idea.

This makes the Common- wealth Trade Conference to be held in Ottawa in September of even more importance than was at first envisaged. With European Free Trade ‘no longer even likely

THE ACADIANS OF P.E.I.. Many Pioneer Hardships

By J. Henri Blanchard, LL. D.

The census of Isle St. Jean taken by de la Roque did not give a summary of his find- ings. ‘But a perusal of it in de- tail certainly gives impressions which would have been missed had he done so. It is one thing to say that an enforced migra- tion’ causes hardhsips to young and old alike, but one receives a m-uch more vivid impression

_ of hardship on reading what an

old couple such as the following must have endured:

Charles Douaron (Doiron) na- tive of Acadia, aged 90 years and infirm. Married to Francoise Godot (Gaudet), native of Acadia, aged 85 years. They are ‘living alone. They have been in the country only 2 years. In live stock they have five oxen, four cows, and four pigs. They have sown seven bushels of wheat.

Marie Boudrot, widow of Pier- re Richard, very poor, native of Acadia, aged 36 years, she has been in the country two years. She has the following children; Pierre, aged 19 years. Paul. aged 17 years. Joseph, aged 13 years. Honore. aged 10 years. Thomas, aged 6 years. Mary, aged 15 years.

They have no live— stock. They are settled on the North-East River, and have not been able to make any improvements. OTHER COMMENTS

Most of the settlers were mar- ried. There were several widows and widowers with large fam- ilies, but even these had the ha- bit of re-marrying. In all the cen- sus of 28 localities, there is only

one case of separation recorded. ‘inhabitants had had it to sow

that of I soldier whose wife had

left him. .

Of the total population, 151 sta- ted that they had come in the year 1758-1759, 802 in 1750, 3-26 in 1751, and 27 in 1752. During the period 1748-1752, 93 children were born to the old inhabitants, and 114 to the new. The grand total as enumerated by de la Roque was 2223. If the 1573 who had come between 1749 and 1752 be taken away, it leaves only 650 as the population of the Island in 1748.

The total livestock possessed -by all the inhabitants in 1752 was 98 horses, 1259 cattle, 799 oxen, 1230 sheep, 1296 pigs, 2393 hens, 304 geese, 90 turkeys and 12 ducks. The total number of live stock should have been much lar- ger, as the Acadians who had come over since 1749 had brought large numbers of cattle and other stock; but lack of fodder and proper buildings had caused the loss of many of these.

In addition to the live stock, the inhabitants owned 4 schoon- ers, 4 batteaux. 15 fishing boats and 11 other small boats. There were also 4 flour mills and 2 sawmills.

LACK OF SEED

Although the crops promised well,‘ there was much cleared land lying idle from lack of seed. The entire seeding of wheat a- mounted to 1490 bushels, 12.9 of oats, 182 of peas. 8 bushels of barley, 8 bushels of rye, one bushel of linseed, and one half bushel of buckwheat: but there was cleared land for the sowing of 2935 bushels of wheat. if the

(To be continued)

,lowering of barriers

the alternative for Britain must be some measure of Common- wealth free trade, or at least the against more extensive trade between he Commonwealth countries. The time seems ripe for such moves. It is up to Ottawa con- ference to decide how far they will go. - , STRIKES PETERING OUT

At the moment, it looks as if the bus, dock workers and Smith- field meat market strikes are petering out. The public received a rude jolt when, after confident expectations that the bus strike was virtually over, the strikers voted by a narrow margin to stay out. That, however, brought quick action on the part of strike leader Frank Cousins and Lon- don Transport chief Sir John Elliott, and a. new -formula, which looks like being accepted the buses will-run again in two or three days. The dock and Smithfield meat market strikes can now be regarded as at an end; -

CRIPRUS AGAIN .. .. ..

So far as getting the buses back on the streets is concerrned, there are tens of thousands of former bus riders who will not care if thy never come back. They have found other and more satisfactory means of transporta- tion, and will not go back to bus- riding. The London Transport ex- ecutive is satisfied that there will be a heavy decline in pass- engers, and is planning a cut of 10 per cent_ in the service when the buses start running. London- ers have learned, in the seven weak strike, that their buses are not indispensable.

NEW BUILDING BYLAW

London is taking a leaf out of the book of many Canadian and United States cities. The London County Council has passed new building regulations requiring that adequate parking spaces be provided in the constructio-n of apartment buildings and blocks of flats, as well as hotels, clubs, department stores and hostels.

Apartment houses and blocks of flats must have one car space for every two homes in those parts of London zoned for 200 people to the acre, and one car space for four homes elsewhere. The standard for hostels, resi- dential clubs and hotels ..will be one car space for every five bedrooms. Department stores

and other large shops must have‘

one car space for every 2,500 square feet of gross floor space.

This is something entirely new in the way of building restric- tions in Britain, and it reflects the rapid increase in the num- ber of automobiles on the streets.

~ LINK WITH CANADA

“My Fair Lady” is still pack- ing in the crowds at Drury Lane, with ticket scahpers reaping a rich harvest. Daily there are ad- vertisements on the front page of the Times offering tickets for sale - but at a price. There is an interesting link between Cana-

OUR YESTERDAYS

(From The Guardian Files)

TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO (June 28, 1933)

A joint meeting of the Light Committee of the City Council with delegates from Montague and Georgetown was held in the Board Room of the City Hall yesterday to discuss the propos- ed new rates schedule of the Mar- itime Electric Company. After discussion the delegation waited upon the Provincial. Government to ask the inquiry into the af- -fairs of the company be made as thorough as poss-ilble.

On Saturday, July 1st, Major H.L. Bethune, V.D. who was for- merly with the MacKinn-on Drug Company as a partner; and late-

, ly with the Ross Drug 00. as

Manager, will leave to take over new» duties with the Hughes Drug Company Limited. Major Bethune entered the drug business in 1893 with the Hon. George E. Hughes at the Apothecaries Hall, in pre- cisely the same spot where the Hugh-es Drug Company is loca- ted. TEN YEARS AGO (June 28, 1948)

Government control of liquor sales won over prohibition by more than a 2-1 majority when a substantial percentage of the total votes cast in the Island Ple- biscite had been counted last night. Incomplete returns showed Government con-t.=rol with 20,019 votes against 7,285 for prohibi- tion. About 52 percent of 52,000 eligible voters cast ballots.

Sgt. Robert Gay of the_S~um- merside Air Cadet Squadron, son of Mr. and Mrs. Roland Gay, has received word that he has been chosen as the cadet that will re- present this province in the group of air cadets that will tour Great Britain this summer. 'Ilwen>ty- three Canadian cadets will ‘go overseas and a similar. number

will go to the United States und- er an exchange arrangement.

NOTES BY

THE WAY

A man arrested for speeding the other day said that he was! merely going the same speed as the other cars on the 1'03d« He was fined, nevertheless. Just‘ an- other instance to show that It 15 not alwayIs sound policy i‘? keep, up with the Jonses.——K1ngSi€m Whig—Standard

A young Texas Piallisi» “’i““_" of a Russian competition. has V¥5_‘ ited the White House at Presi- dent Eisen-hower"s invitation. We know another pianist, once ,5. White House tenant. Wh‘0 W011‘? get an invita-tion.—Brant:for-d Ex- positor .

After Sunday morning church services, a woman stayed to chat with a friend leaving her purse on the seat. When she returned for her purse, it was gone, but she qu»ic~kIly found it in the pos- session of the clergyman him- self. ‘‘I thought I had better hold it”, he said. “You must remem- ber that there are some in the congregation so simple that they rhight consider it an answer to prayer.”—-Ottawa Journal